Catalogue question 65 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
Which of these is not a responsibility of the German Bundestag?
- to draft laws.
- to hold the federal government to account.
- to elect the Federal Chancellor.
- to form the federal cabinet. Correct
Why — for every option
- A — Initiating and passing laws are core tasks of the Bundestag.
- B — Holding the government to account (including through questions and committees of inquiry) is a central Bundestag task.
- C — The election of the Federal Chancellor by the Bundestag is regulated in Art. 63 of the Basic Law.
- D — Correct: the cabinet — the federal ministers — is proposed by the Federal Chancellor and appointed by the Federal President, not formed by the Bundestag.
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